BANGKOK – Corrections Department chief Narat Sawettanan on Wednesday that 43 Iranian inmates have been approved for transfer to serve their remaining time behind bars in...
BANGKOK – Construction of Bangkok’s Bang Sue Grand Station – a massive railway complex covering 300,000 square meters – is 70% complete, officials claim, with a...
BANGKOK – Director-General of the Department of Foreign Trade (DFT) Adul Chotinisakorn has reported the value of Jasmine rice has risen significantly to 18,000 baht per...
TOKYO – Asian shares drifted marginally higher on Tuesday following another volatile session on Wall Street but a perfect storm of risks hovering over the global...
PHAYAO – The parents of a 10-year-old autistic girl said Thursday that they would press charges against eighth graders who assaulted her at school in Phayao...
As other Southeast Asian countries saw their positions unchanged or up in a survey of expats, Thailand and the Philippines went in the opposition direction. This...
NONTHABURI – A hotel in Nonthaburi just northeast of Bangkok has removed an Adolf Hitler mural in one of its themed rooms Saturday after news of...
PHNOM PENH – Months after Cambodia held what many observers saw as a badly rigged election, the European Union (EU) is ramping up trade pressure in...
CHIANG RAI – Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Deputy director-general Chongklai Worapongsathorn has told Thai Media that his department has no plans yet to reopen the...
Budget airline Vietjet Air announced on October 5 that it will launch the first daily flight connecting Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang with Thailand’s capital...
BANGKOK – The quick apology issued by the Thai prime minister after an airport security guard slapped a Chinese tourist reveals the government’s concern over the...
BANGKOK – Thailand’s Ministry of Finance is keen to convince vendors and department stores to charge customers for plastic bags in a bid to cut the...
SOUTH CHINA SEA – China was making a clear and deliberate statement that it will not tolerate challenges to its sovereignty when it sent a destroyer...
CHIANG RAI – At a Mobile cabinet meeting held in Chiang Rai, Tourism officials said a plan for a single visa for “Five Chiang Cities” will...
BANGKOK – Hong Kong passport holder can now pass through customs faster at Suvarnabhumi International Airport, using newly-introduced self-service immigration kiosks. Two automated passport control kiosks...
BANGKOK – A well-known fortune-teller, widely known as “Sinsae Shogun”, was sentenced to 4,355 years in prison today after she was found guilty of 871...
HOUAPHAN, Laos – In a hut on the top of a fog-licked mountain in northern Laos, Vo Pali is getting high. His poison is opium,...
REGINA – Thailand’s Ariya Jutanugarn fell three shots off the lead on Friday as Amy Yang moved into top spot at the Canadian Women’s Open....
BANGKOK – Thailand is welcoming 500 Chinese companies over the weekend and expecting to sign more than a dozen bilateral contracts that will link its Eastern...
HANOI – A Vietnamese website, which only works when users correctly answer a quiz about disputed islands in the South China Sea, has infuriated scores...